Thread: Will Joe Average understand why the N900 is special?
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grenadejumper is offline grenadejumper
2009-10-08 , 09:21
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Originally Posted by volt View Post
Debate: will the N900 be able to catch average people's attention?

I read an article about the N900 today, an article in a news portal that targets IT professionals. The article linked to THIS video, where Mikko Korpelainen presents the N900. The article clearly states that the N900 is a killer device, it's title is along the lines of "Mobile internet can be this good" and it says the device is very impressive, etc.

And then I read the comments. By people with medium+ tech insight. And they were not impressed.
I am guessing you are referring to this norwegian article ? And if you are, this is _not_ a place for IT-professionals. At least not the comments-section. All the articles here containing the topics, apple, microsoft, ps3 or xbox turns into fanboy-flamewars, and i would guess that the average age of the commenters is 14.

Personally I cant see any reason why n900 and Maemo wouldnt fit anyone who wants a smart-phone?

On the other hand it doesnt mean my mom could fully appreciate it, but why would I want my mom to use this? What I want is fellow medium+ techies to use it, because these are the ones that contribute to the community. I see this as a major advantage for the maemo platform. Dont worry so much about it not becoming mainstream guys...